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As for how to ask your colorist for the look? Ask for brightness and warmth, while maintaining depth in your roots and undertones: “Expensive honey colors have redder and browner undertones, creating a multidimensional and rich-looking hair color,” Jennifer Korab, hairstylist and founder of Renaissance Salon & Spa, previously told Glamour.
This is also a tone you’ll want to work with your stylist to customize. “Bring reference photos,” Cohen says. “It’s the most effective way to communicate tone, depth, and placement, and ensures you and your colorist are aligned on the end result.”
How to maintain the ‘hot honey blonde’ hair color
Warm blondes may be lower maintenance than bright platinum shades, but that doesn’t mean you’re off the hook completely. “The key to maintaining warmth in blonde hair is staying consistent with glosses between highlight appointments,” Cohen says. “That’s what keeps the tone looking rich, reflective, and intentional rather than faded.”
Reed told Glamour that he used gloss (using a “translucent tone that had a slight lavender-violet nuance to keep the blonde bright and refined”) and a smoothing treatment to lock in Cyrus’s color transformation. If you can’t make it back to the salon, home glosses can be super effective at restoring vibrancy and shine.
If you’re going hot honey blonde for summer, you should also take extra measures to protect your hair from the heat and humidity. “In the summer, hydration is everything,” Cohen says. If you’re planning for a pool or ocean dip, “Incorporate regular masks, and always prep your hair before swimming, either with conditioner or clean water,” he adds. “This creates a barrier so your hair doesn’t absorb chlorine or minerals that can shift the tone and dry it out.”
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